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Understanding Your Diagnosis

• How Does My Doctor Know I Have Stomach Cancer?
  
• Tests That Help Evaluate Stomach Cancer
  
• How Your Doctor Uses Biopsies to Diagnose Stomach Cancer
  
• Biopsy
  

  Detailed information on biopsy, including the most common types of biopsy such as endoscopic biopsy, bone marrow biopsy, excisional biopsy, incisional biopsy, fine needle aspiration biopsy, punch biopsy, shave biopsy, and skin biopsy

• Barium Swallow
  

  During this procedure, a mixture of barium and water is swallowed just before an x-ray. The barium is used to highlight damage or abnormalities in the upper gastrointestinal tract, including the pharnyx, esophagus, stomach, and duodenum.

• Esophagogastroduodenoscopy
  

  Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) is a diagnostic procedure used to diagnose structural or functional abnormalities of the esophagus, stomach, and/or duodenum.

• Upper Gastrointestinal Series
  

  An upper gastrointestinal series (UGI) is an x-ray examination of the upper gastrointestinal (GI) tract, including the esophagus, stomach, and duodenum.

• Everything You Need to Know About a Fecal Occult Blood Test (FOBT)
  
• I’ve Just Been Told I Have Stomach Cancer
  
• Stages of Stomach Cancer
  
• Can I Survive Stomach Cancer? What Is My Prognosis?